C40 · Elephant Gambit
Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4
In the Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit is a chess opening classified under ECO code C40. It is reached after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4: 6 moves in, with White to play.
It belongs to the Elephant Gambit family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.
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